I want to add that the forwards-riding-'counter steering' to lean into a turn from going straight was explained in a very simplified way here. The RUclips channel 'minutephysics' has some great videos explaining the weirdness of bike steering in more detail, if you're curious to learn more! ruclips.net/video/llRkf1fnNDM/видео.html&
I've needed 15 years of riding and 3 years of it intense downhill to figure that out consciously... Interesting that the body was doing it many years allready...
I've been riding a month now and I can fakie consistently over and over. BUT... Only right away from a flatground 180/ramp. If I have to travel any kind of distance. God help the scooter kid behind me 😂 cause I will just change direction with each rotation of my crank.
Ok it's been 2 months now and I have to say, this video changed everything. I can now fakie very consistently even into full cabs and tyre slides both directions. The trick is like he said leaning back like a manual when you're going fast. (Also for the tyre slide) Just beware of looping out cause you can bash your head hard from this position when you're sending it... So.. stairs, rocking quarters or even 180'ing flat if you're going fast enough. The whip is real, I could totally imagine myself bashing the back of my head off the floor. I have fell on my back a few times! Definitely wear a helmet people! 😂
Hey Max! That makes a lot of sense about moving the rear wheel to the direction you’re failing when going fast. I assumed my struggles when doing faster fakies were from over correcting. Great video!
Yeah, it gets quite confusing, doesn't it? I actually find fast fakies easier to control than slow ones now that I've got a lot of experience with them.
awesome ! you solved my problem ,thank you so much , I always did fast fakie with hop and ..I did't realize why sometimes it worked sometimes not .that was speed ! and you explained how it works so brilliant , much apreciated
man i wish i saw this sooner, what he talked about on how the bike steers depending on where your wait is is something i figured out only last week. if only i had seen this when i first started learning...
that thing you mentioned about your body position. On a scooter I've found that like a bike moving your weight backwards aids fakie. EDIT update!. I made progress. I switched back to learning it on a 24" BMX. I have learnt to hop into fakie and can make it a meter or two! Originally I was learning to 360 off teh floor but not being strong enough yet to lift all the way round I landed 180 with the intention to learn to come out of that fakie position straight away. But instead found my earlier nose bump endo to fakie practice meant I could actually gain some distance fakie. Now I just need more practice AND to learn how to come out of fakie without putting one foot down (I'm very close to learning it!). Thanks for the vids, they are very helpful. oh EDIT!. Interesting little trick for you to learn. I have no idea what its called but its related to BMX pump track tricks. The idea is to see if you can get your bike moving forward with ONLY the front wheel/steering. So you would swing the bars left and right and gain speed similar to how a snake propels itself along. So far I can use it to sustain speed and increase speed from a very low start speed. Its a really fun simple physics trick I think you would like.
0:34 xD. I have the same back wheel. Absolutely the same one. I also have one for my frontwheel butni dont use it. The wheel is on my old bmx. Tomorrow im getting a new one
Es gibt auf YT auch Leute die echt durchdacht und verständlich erklären können, aber DU hier - du bist der Hammer!! 🔨 😎🤩 Auch deine anderen Clips... MEGA!! Deutsche Perfektion trifft auf verständliche Ingenieursgedanken! 😎😅 Btw... ...wo ist eigentlich der Park mit den Rampen ?? Grüße aus der stuttgarter Gegend! 🙂
Sitting down makes it way way easier. It took about a month to get decent at it doing the ramp method sitting down. Don't worry about going straight when you first learn too. I was carving all over the place. Standing fakies took much longer. I was able to hang on for short distances to get out of 180's quickly but to actually go 10+ parking spots took more than 2 years. You'll notice that you're going to be better at turning in one direction. Once you realize this, force yourself to really practice turning the other direction. Also, when you do the leaning back thing, try to get into that position as quick as possible, especially after a 180. Don't linger on the front even for a second. I also think a freecoaster is easier for maintaining speed and keeping the lean back position.
Awesome video, thank you. I’m trying to learn this on a trials bike/motorcycle. It should still be possible to roll backwards and keep balance without peddling right as long as I have momentum?
Nice video man! Thank u! I only have one question (checked the comments dint see it...): If you do Fakie with a MTB, which gear is beter to use? I m learning, but i have diffuculties in choosing the best gear...
great ! I want to go back to riding bike like useless trials for example and not boring ride forward :D, but tell me, what is your bike ? What wheel size ? 20" or 24" only "Inspired" is making frames like yours ? What to look for ?
I like your videos and your instructions Max 👍 But with the counter steering you've got it a bit wrong. The rider does not turn the bars in a different direction to initiate a turn. It's actually the front wheel and the steering axis that does that. When you want to turn right you push on the right side of the handlebar. For a brief fraction of a second the wheel will actually Point left and then fall into the right. This is known as counter steering. If a rider pushed left and then pushed right there would be a lag or a delay in being able to turn right and at higher speeds it becomes very dangerous to push both left and right depending on the lean angle. It's different if you're going through a chicane or a series of Corners with space in between the apexes. so what's you're explaining is the physics of the bike not the rider I think you just got it mixed up but you do understand the concept 👍👌 And as far as why the rear wheel will not steer, is because there is no steering axis it's solidly attached to the frame with no pivot or axis point. You provide a great explanation of why the rear will not steer and why you have to shift your weight 👌
for real the simplest things are the hardest on a bike. I cannot ride fakie or manual and wheelie on a bmx but on a skateboard it's easy to learn even if its for a small time, but i cant do it on a bmx even for a second
@@beefnacos6258 I'm not even trying manuals or fakies now they feel way too awkward for me and it feels like i will eat pavement everytime. Weird that these are harder on a bike then a skate, while bunny hops are easier to learn then ollies
I rode a track bike for my twenties, just got a BMX for my 37th birthday. Hopefully riding backward circles in parking lots will transfer something to the small bike.
please tech us to turn a quarterpipe, the steps before going over the coping, just the getting around part. I just cnat get my head around it, and it looks super easy. Just going up yhe quarter and coming down the other way...|
Nice video, but it's not true that all turns are initiated by counter-steering (some maybe, but not all). You can turn just be leaning, this is patently true if you think about turns done when riding no handed or even when wheeling. Or, consider a bike toy that you roll down a ramp, it will go straight and self-balance for a while before doing a sweeping turn. Did the plastic toy rider initiate the turn by counter steering? Obviously not :-) But great video on riding backwards, lots of useful advice.
My explanation was just overly simplified to keep it short. The point was that 'counter steering' is necessary to get into a turn from going straight. Of course there are tons of situations where you're already leaning and just have to steer into it. The point wasn't that the rider has to do it. It's in the nature of the bike's physics, so yes, even a riderless bike or a toy can display this phenomenon. Minutephysics has some great videos that go more in depth about bike steering and how weird it is, I recommend those!
I watched the minute physics videos, interesting, thanks. The "counter steering" hypothesis seems to be a topic of fierce debate in the comments. I was already doubting each of my own arguments after I made my post.., I have to concede that I now think you (& the counter steerers) are correct!! I should have thought about it more before asserting the opposite. So, I now think each of my original arguments is wrong, for various reasons!! Anyway, again, great video, I am inspired to give fakies another go.
I want to add that the forwards-riding-'counter steering' to lean into a turn from going straight was explained in a very simplified way here. The RUclips channel 'minutephysics' has some great videos explaining the weirdness of bike steering in more detail, if you're curious to learn more! ruclips.net/video/llRkf1fnNDM/видео.html&
I've needed 15 years of riding and 3 years of it intense downhill to figure that out consciously... Interesting that the body was doing it many years allready...
This is genius. I've been riding BMX for 4 years and haven't figure out how to fakie consistently. Definitely will try leaning back
I've been riding a month now and I can fakie consistently over and over.
BUT... Only right away from a flatground 180/ramp.
If I have to travel any kind of distance. God help the scooter kid behind me 😂 cause I will just change direction with each rotation of my crank.
Stay Careful. Just yesterday, i leaned back and went down hard. Now i got a sprained wrist/ possibly a fracture. 😅 Best of luck
Ok it's been 2 months now and I have to say, this video changed everything. I can now fakie very consistently even into full cabs and tyre slides both directions.
The trick is like he said leaning back like a manual when you're going fast. (Also for the tyre slide)
Just beware of looping out cause you can bash your head hard from this position when you're sending it...
So.. stairs, rocking quarters or even 180'ing flat if you're going fast enough.
The whip is real, I could totally imagine myself bashing the back of my head off the floor. I have fell on my back a few times! Definitely wear a helmet people! 😂
4:26 Dude!
This.
Made me do the "what the fuck just happened" look :D
When he did the fakie 540 I had to rewind it a couple times to process what just happened
@@GasGrassOrAssetto 540 cab
As usually - supreme understanding of technique, great insight and useful tips. Keep it up!
Hey Max! That makes a lot of sense about moving the rear wheel to the direction you’re failing when going fast. I assumed my struggles when doing faster fakies were from over correcting. Great video!
Yeah, it gets quite confusing, doesn't it? I actually find fast fakies easier to control than slow ones now that I've got a lot of experience with them.
Yes, i have the same problem. Good at slow fakies and fail in faster ones. This tutorial is great!
What a fantastic explanation. I find it rare that other bikers think mechanically or physically about how to ride. Thank you!
No doubt the best bike channel on youtube right now
I Love How analytical you get into these videos is fascinating to hear a different point of view
Great video. I'm obsessed.... I must learn this trick
awesome ! you solved my problem ,thank you so much , I always did fast fakie with hop and ..I did't realize why sometimes it worked sometimes not .that was speed ! and you explained how it works so brilliant , much apreciated
Now that's proper teaching tech thanks mate.
Man kann sich schon denken wie lange das schneiden alleine gedauert haben muss. Bin sehr dankbar für dieses Video! 🙏
GOAT of fakie tutorials... still cant do them long but!... Still the GOAT of Fakie Tuts!
This is fantastic! I really enjoy your break downs, insights and educational approach. High quality stuff!
Perfect! This was the video I was looking for.
Great content Max! Every video of your channel is definetly worth it which doesn’t happen very often nowadays...👌🏻🔥
Thanks Mikel! Your videos aren't bad either ;)
You've done it again mate, another superb tutorial. Keep it up!
Reminds me of the reverse steering bike. Well done analysis
man i wish i saw this sooner, what he talked about on how the bike steers depending on where your wait is is something i figured out only last week. if only i had seen this when i first started learning...
Nice video, your way of explaining skills is a real talent on its own
Way better than all the mainstream channels
Awesome video! Can't wait to try it out and also waiting for the "How to get out of it"! Keep up the good work
Thanks a lot! Very comprehensive, and articulated well.
Thank you for sharing your deep understanding, so inspiring :D
That’s great! Can’t wait for the bunny hop tutorial you mentioned.
that thing you mentioned about your body position. On a scooter I've found that like a bike moving your weight backwards aids fakie.
EDIT update!.
I made progress. I switched back to learning it on a 24" BMX. I have learnt to hop into fakie and can make it a meter or two! Originally I was learning to 360 off teh floor but not being strong enough yet to lift all the way round I landed 180 with the intention to learn to come out of that fakie position straight away. But instead found my earlier nose bump endo to fakie practice meant I could actually gain some distance fakie. Now I just need more practice AND to learn how to come out of fakie without putting one foot down (I'm very close to learning it!).
Thanks for the vids, they are very helpful.
oh EDIT!.
Interesting little trick for you to learn. I have no idea what its called but its related to BMX pump track tricks. The idea is to see if you can get your bike moving forward with ONLY the front wheel/steering. So you would swing the bars left and right and gain speed similar to how a snake propels itself along. So far I can use it to sustain speed and increase speed from a very low start speed. Its a really fun simple physics trick I think you would like.
It's called flat pumping I think 🤔👍
Super useful video thank you, gonna try leaning back now
Love these tutorial videos
Best fakie lesson ever. Hello from Russia!
✌
Amazing video, thanks!
Awesome video and great skills, thank you!
This was great! Thank you!
Schön Jena in einem Bikevideo wiederzuerkennen :) super Tipps nebenbei 👍
I have been wondering this!
Thank you!
good vid, thanks for the tips man! please keep making more
Absolutely awesome vid.
Best MTB how-tos
Helped alot thanks
I do skateboard, but i always wonder why it's so difficult to ride backward in bike. Great explanation mate
0:34 xD. I have the same back wheel. Absolutely the same one. I also have one for my frontwheel butni dont use it. The wheel is on my old bmx. Tomorrow im getting a new one
I really want to learn fakie, thanks for the video
Awesome video. Thank you
Very nice It's so cool
took me days - weeks to land my first fakie. even now i only land 1/20 or so. its quiet hard to master
Thank you so much. Your awesome
SWEET ASS RIDE,
I Like's the polished look
🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
Cool insight!
Gotta put in the HOURS 👍🏽
Great video!!
Nice video dude, thanks
Great video! Well put 🤘🏽
Fantastic video! Any chance you could do one on reverts at some point as you seem to have them dialled!
Es gibt auf YT auch Leute die echt durchdacht und verständlich erklären können, aber DU hier - du bist der Hammer!! 🔨 😎🤩 Auch deine anderen Clips... MEGA!! Deutsche Perfektion trifft auf verständliche Ingenieursgedanken! 😎😅 Btw... ...wo ist eigentlich der Park mit den Rampen ?? Grüße aus der stuttgarter Gegend! 🙂
Thank you bro👍🏻 Now i know what to do and i can try to do a fakie🥰 Your the beeeest🔥
Pleasure! 👊
I already know how to do fakies.
But i watched the video anyways because of the great quality
I LOOOOOVE this!
When I do a fakie I always feel like Michael Jackson.
I've been doing this for many many years, I didn't know it was so hard until i watched this video.
well done!
Sitting down makes it way way easier. It took about a month to get decent at it doing the ramp method sitting down. Don't worry about going straight when you first learn too. I was carving all over the place. Standing fakies took much longer. I was able to hang on for short distances to get out of 180's quickly but to actually go 10+ parking spots took more than 2 years. You'll notice that you're going to be better at turning in one direction. Once you realize this, force yourself to really practice turning the other direction. Also, when you do the leaning back thing, try to get into that position as quick as possible, especially after a 180. Don't linger on the front even for a second. I also think a freecoaster is easier for maintaining speed and keeping the lean back position.
Thanks!
Make a sick riding edit with music and stuff please! Keep up the work,I really like your channel!🤘👍
Awesome video, thank you. I’m trying to learn this on a trials bike/motorcycle. It should still be possible to roll backwards and keep balance without peddling right as long as I have momentum?
Thank u!
Where is this park? Looks great but not too big. Thanks for your great tutorials. Learned a lot since
It's in Weimar, Germany. Might be a bit far away for you. :D
Extremely helpfull my bones Thanks you protecting them for me xd
Was the mentioned bunny hop tutorial ever done? I cannot seem to find it
This video is great, very clever!
That video still requires a lot of work. It should be out later this year.
@@TheUselessTrials thanks for replying. I'm glad it's going to be an in-depth video then!
Allright! Thx 👊🏽
waiting for the bunnyhop :)
I like this.
Nice video man! Thank u! I only have one question (checked the comments dint see it...): If you do Fakie with a MTB, which gear is beter to use? I m learning, but i have diffuculties in choosing the best gear...
It doesn't matter a whole lot. A medium to high gear should be good, so you don't have to pedal insanely fast.
great !
I want to go back to riding bike like useless trials for example and not boring ride forward :D, but tell me, what is your bike ? What wheel size ? 20" or 24" only "Inspired" is making frames like yours ? What to look for ?
I like your videos and your instructions Max 👍
But with the counter steering you've got it a bit wrong. The rider does not turn the bars in a different direction to initiate a turn. It's actually the front wheel and the steering axis that does that. When you want to turn right you push on the right side of the handlebar. For a brief fraction of a second the wheel will actually Point left and then fall into the right. This is known as counter steering. If a rider pushed left and then pushed right there would be a lag or a delay in being able to turn right and at higher speeds it becomes very dangerous to push both left and right depending on the lean angle. It's different if you're going through a chicane or a series of Corners with space in between the apexes. so what's you're explaining is the physics of the bike not the rider I think you just got it mixed up but you do understand the concept 👍👌
And as far as why the rear wheel will not steer, is because there is no steering axis it's solidly attached to the frame with no pivot or axis point. You provide a great explanation of why the rear will not steer and why you have to shift your weight 👌
I got a freecoaster👌
for real the simplest things are the hardest on a bike.
I cannot ride fakie or manual and wheelie on a bmx but on a skateboard it's easy to learn even if its for a small time, but i cant do it on a bmx even for a second
I got good at riding wheelies but sucked at fakie and manual
@@beefnacos6258 I'm not even trying manuals or fakies now they feel way too awkward for me and it feels like i will eat pavement everytime. Weird that these are harder on a bike then a skate, while bunny hops are easier to learn then ollies
Super video and CAN you get on RUclips video about jumping no street trial bike please i need it
Bunny hop is the same technique for any bike, from bmx to full suspension DH
Yes but theuselestrial heve Very good videos
Can you do a street ride video of the skatepark in the video?
Dawgs backpedaling like speedy Gonzales
I rode a track bike for my twenties, just got a BMX for my 37th birthday. Hopefully riding backward circles in parking lots will transfer something to the small bike.
nice !
Once I fakied 3 feet 👌🏻
please tech us to turn a quarterpipe, the steps before going over the coping, just the getting around part. I just cnat get my head around it, and it looks super easy. Just going up yhe quarter and coming down the other way...|
I can fakie out of a 7 foot quarter pipe took me a couple weeks then the whole park was turnin their heads to me and my bike 🤟🏼
Thank goodness for planetary coasters. :)
What bike is the grey one? Looks really nice! Is it a 26"?
It's my old Inspired Fourplay, which is a 24" street trials bike.
@@TheUselessTrials Oh, really? 24"? Hmm, how long was u in the video?
ESTA INFORMACIÓN VALE MILLONES. JPG
any tips for doing a fakie on a freecoaster when you dont gotta pedal backwards??
Your insane can you do a downhill vid
"..doing this a couple times, you feed your brain with data on what certain steering inputs do"
Spoken like a true German!
Straightening your arms and leaning a bit back makes it much easier
What kind of bike is that? It’s cool
They're called street trials bikes. The one in this video is an Inspired Fourplay.
Are you always wearing a clip in style shoe and pedals? Or just plain shoes?
Please do a how to crankflip
how to fullcap?
What brakes do you use on your trials bike
The old Saint M810 because they're more reliable than the new ones.
Max ,what kind of bike is this?
Hi dude, cool movie. You have a cool bike. Please tell me how to buy a bike. I live in a poor country in Russia and I have problems with money.
Save money for as long as you can then buy a second hand cheap bike
Kommst du aus Jena? Die ecke bei 0:40 kam mir bekannt vor
Nice video, but it's not true that all turns are initiated by counter-steering (some maybe, but not all). You can turn just be leaning, this is patently true if you think about turns done when riding no handed or even when wheeling. Or, consider a bike toy that you roll down a ramp, it will go straight and self-balance for a while before doing a sweeping turn. Did the plastic toy rider initiate the turn by counter steering? Obviously not :-)
But great video on riding backwards, lots of useful advice.
My explanation was just overly simplified to keep it short. The point was that 'counter steering' is necessary to get into a turn from going straight. Of course there are tons of situations where you're already leaning and just have to steer into it. The point wasn't that the rider has to do it. It's in the nature of the bike's physics, so yes, even a riderless bike or a toy can display this phenomenon. Minutephysics has some great videos that go more in depth about bike steering and how weird it is, I recommend those!
I watched the minute physics videos, interesting, thanks. The "counter steering" hypothesis seems to be a topic of fierce debate in the comments. I was already doubting each of my own arguments after I made my post.., I have to concede that I now think you (& the counter steerers) are correct!! I should have thought about it more before asserting the opposite. So, I now think each of my original arguments is wrong, for various reasons!!
Anyway, again, great video, I am inspired to give fakies another go.
What is this bike called like the style of bike ? I’m really interested in getting one
They're called street trials bikes. The one in the video is an Inspired Fourplay.
@@TheUselessTrials thank you